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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, December 19, 1962 GOOD EVENING By JACK GEARIN WOODS, GORDON REPORT WELL RECEIVED There is no doubt about it: The recently-completed Woods, Gordon Report on Osh- awa's civic administration set-up, being man-made, is not perfect, : The same could be said of any similar municipal survey conducted by a group of recognized experts, however con- scientious, diligent and all-embracing. The sound recommendations contained therein are too numerous to mention in detail here; also, they far outweigh the trite proposals included. City Council ordered the survey after months of delibera- tion because there was a crying need for such an impartial appraisal of the municipal set-up by a group of experts in this highly-specialized field, _ fo say that some of the recommendations did not go down too well with some of the people concerned with the report would be to make the understatement of the year, but wasn't this to be expected 2? How would it be humanely possible to prepare such a comprehensive report and not tread on some influential toes ? All in all, it has been well received by the majority of those who would be most affected by its implementation, in toto or in part, and this is as it should be; by no stretch of the imagination is the Woods, Gordon a'*blueprint for municipal purge" (as some of its detractors infer). The Woods, Gordon Report, despite some admitted im- perfections, represents some of the most progressive legis- lation ever offered to an Oshawa City Council for approval. It is a concise (65 pages long), articulate and highly- commendable master plan which could quickly lead the way to an effective overhaul of the City's dilapidated municipal set-up, which so resembles a horse-and-buggy outfit in a motorized age, which is causing a needless drain on valuable tax dollars. ' This treatise is not intended as a defence of the Woods, Gordon Report on Oshawa b no def is ded despite some preliminary stalling at high Council level, there is every reason to believe that the Report will receive sympathetic study and that implementation of the more im- portant recommendations -- such as the appointment of a Director of Operations and a Commissioner of Parks -- will not be too far off, once the incoming Council gets down to work. The solid endorsation given to the "yes" vote plebiscite in the recent municipal election -- by a three-to-one ratio -- clearly demonstrated that the majority of the electorate was in favor of disbanding the Board of Parks Commission (as were five of the six members) to allow for the establishment of a Commissioner of Parks set-up. There was no "soft" sell campaign used in the Press to encourage such a vote, as has been alleged in some quarters; there was a direct appeal made to good common sense in the best interests of municipal economy and the response was most heartening to those who sincerely want a more stream- lined and efficient civic government. It is also to the everlasting credit of City Council that its members, almost to a man, stood up and endorsed the "tyes" vote in the crucial period of the municipal campaign when a surreptitious and concentrated effort was made by well-meaning, but misguided, individuals to sway the 21 neighborhood parks into a negative vote. The louder advocates of the "nay" vote, pretty well to a man, had barely heard of the Woods, Gordon Report (likely regarded it as the title of an obscene best-seller in the fifty- cent hard-cover class) -- most of them had the audacity to admit that they hadn't even read it. 'The loud rantings heard from the wings of late (approxi- mately two weeks after the solid endorsation of the 'yes' vote) have an old and familiar ring. Could these be the voices of the sacred cows and the tribal chiefs who are about to have their age-old power sheared by the inroads of pro- gressive municipal legislation ? Like some unhappy (and unsuccessfuli) election candi- dates of this and bygone eras, they modestly regard their removal from the municipal scene as catastrophic. The electorate is grateful for their services rendered without remuneration over a lengthy period; the electorate, however, does not regard them as permanent fixtures, especially if they are to stand in the way of sensible reforms as suggested in the W-G Report, and why should they ? OVERHEARD AT CITY COUNCIL There was quite a bit of bickering in City Council Mon- day because of the reluctance of the majority to grant Osh- awa Housing Co. Ltd, $10,000 to insure construction of a 20- unit pensioners' housing project in the Westmount area -- the plain, unvarnished truth was that Council Monday night (having been replaced by a new Council, even if it did con- tain 10 names from the 1961-62 group) had no authority to commit the city to any capital expenditure, The matter was referred to the incoming Council. . . . James Muller of 1004 Cedar street, a member of the Canadian Ornamental Pheasant and Game Bird Association, wrote Council Monday night with a suggestion that it look into the question of opening a City zoo. He suggested that the cost could be kept to a minimum with "some ornamental birds and a variety of deer and monkeys, Alderman Finley Dafoe, who has been staying up late nights reading City fiscal reports, said that it was out of the question because the City did not have the money. The matter was shelved. TRACKS' REMOVAL TALK IS IN THE AIR The anxiety of many of our good citizens to "get things rolling" insofar as the clean-up of King street is concerned (following removal of those dreaded CNR tracks) is under- standable, but it can not be rushed. Alderman Finley Dafoe said Monday that no start would likely be made until next spring because of such things as frost, frozen stockpiles of and the cost of pouring concrete. He was nos st from the Oshawa and District Labor recommended that as much "preliminary" work be done under the Winter Works Plan. When Mayor Christine Thomas reported "excellent prog- ress" on the passage of the special bill before the special committee, Alderman Norman Down asked, "Will there be any celebration to mark that happy event)?" 'Replied Her Worship: "I am sure that it will all be looked after at the right time and that this important event will be well publicized." The Oshawa C of C has plans for a celebration program, gwhich was to take place earlier in the year, but delayed the at least until the successful passage of the bill was a a h HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER 50 YEARS gards American comedienne Pearl Bailey as one of her fa- vorite entertainers. TALLY-HO ROOM GOOD PLACE TO MEET AND RELAX HOTEL LANCASTER Ottawa Mayor Charlotte Whitton appears puzzled as sculpture on display in Otta- she studies an abstract metal. wa's Sparks Street mall. This photographic study of concen- tration was taken by free- lance photographer Gustave WONDER WHAT IT IS Pellerin of Ottawa last sum- mer when the busy shopping street was used for a pedes- trian mall, --(CP Wirephoto) INTERPRETING THE NEWS By CAROL KENNEDY Canadian Press Staff Writer The result of the "white man's election" in Southern Rhodesia seems to have cleared the mood groes and writes alike. Both sides know exactly Edgar Whitehead's United Fed- eral Party with its groping, sometimes unconvincing, ges- tures towards race equality has been routed by a coalition of four conservative groups bent on keeping white control. The whites, in responding to an election campaign to stop Sir Edgar's gradual '"'slide" to- wards desegregation and multi- racial government, have thus declared they will make no more concessions to the "un- grateful" Negroes, This mood has been predictable since the outbursts of nationalist violence in the fall. of sultry uncertainty for Ne- where they stand, now that Sir RESENT UN, BRITAIN At the same time the whites have satisfied a long-standing urge to assert their wishes against the "interference" of Britain and the United Nations --a feeling that has soured into an almost personal resentment in many Rhodesians, The satisfaction of the Negro nationalists, who boycotted the elections and persuaded thou- sands of Negro voters to ab- stain, might appeara a paradox. But the answer is they now have an opponent they can un- derstand--a party that fits their belief that the white man is only out for his own kind, with- out any nonsense about the eventual sharing of power. The battle lines are clearly drawn at last. The Negroes. thought white- head's government hypocritical and distrusted its intentions. But iwhile its policies were being WEATHER FORECAST Forecasts issued by the Tor- onto weather office at 4:30 a.m. EST: Synopsis: Extensive fog and cloud lies across southern On- tario this morning, due to mild, moist air over the lower lakes. A disturbance centred north of Lake Huron will move into southern Quebec today. This disturbance is bringing snow to the Ottawa Valley and much of the north country this morning. A strong northerly flow of colder air in the wake of this disturbance that gave below- zero temperatures to miuch of Northern Ontario will plunge southward across southern On- tario Wednesday night, accom- panied by snowflurries and a period of snow, Lake St. Clair, southern Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake On- tario, Niagara regions, Wind. sor, London, Hamilton, Tor- onto: Foggy and mild, becom- ing mainly cloudy this morning with chance of scattered show- ers late today. Snowflurries and ny, northerly 15 to 25 Thurs- y. i Northern Lake Huron, south- regions: Cloudy today and Thursday. A few showers, turn- ing to frequent snowflurries this afternoon or evening and continuing through Thursday, NOW IS THE TIME To have that carpet or chest- erfield cleaned professionally in Oshawa's Original Carpet Cleaning Centre . . . where fully guaranteed satisfaction is ossured. Phone 728-4681 NU-WAY RUG CO. LTD. 174 MARY ST. colder Thursday. Winds light to- ern Georgian Bay, Haliburton|* | Snow, Colder For Thursday colder tonight. Winds southerly 15, becoming northerly 15 to 25 late today. Northern Georgian Bay, southern Timagami, Algoma re- gions, North Bay, Sudbury, 'White Man's Vote Clears Uncertainty persuasively offered in the name' of "partnership," the na- tionalists found it difficult to get to grips with the enemy. FIELD LESS COMPLEX Winston Field, leader of the victorious Rhodesian Front, is a far less complex opponent than the evasive, sophisticated Sir Edgar, whose cool donnish manner kept the Negroes in a state of puzzled irritability. Field, a 58-year-old tobacco farmer from Salisbury, is an old-style paternalist who be- lieves in what he calls "polite apartheid." He seems to strike Negroes as more human than Sir Edgar, and more honest. This does not mean that the risk of race violence has less- ened. It has probably increased dangerously, Yet the election has created agreement betwean blacks and whites on at least one contentious topic--the future of federation, Politically, none of the three territories in central Africa now wants federation. Field, for- merly leader of a patty which sought inion status for Southern /Rhodesia, is just determined as the Negro lead- ers in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasalana to dissolve federa- tion and sever more ties with Whitehall. Observers in Britain feel that now all pretense has gone, there may be a better chance of ne- gotiating a mutually beneficial economic linkup with no politi- cal overtones. By 'ALAN DONNELLY OTTAWA (CP)--A sharp re- duction in Canada's interna- tional balance-of-payments deli- cit during the third quarter of this year was coupled with a strong resumption of foreign capital inflows. The current account deficit for both merchandise trade and other payments dropped to $61,- 000,000 in the July-September period from $377,000,000 the pre- vious quarter, the Dominion Bu- reau of Statistics reported to- day. This was coupled with a net capital inflow of $747,000,000-- $247,000,000 of it long-term capi- tal--compared with capital out- flows of $216,000,000 in the sec- ond quarter. The result was "a marked improvement" in Canada's for: eign exchange reserves, which rose by $686,000,900 in Canadian 'Idollar terms du the third quarter. The report said the third- quarter drop in the current ac- count deficit was a seasonal one. The third-quarter deficit of $61,000,000 compared with a def- icit of $62,000,000 a year earlier But there were marked differ- ences in the contributing fac- tors, SURPLUS IS SMALLER Merchandise trade produced a $56,000,000 surplus during the third quarter, compared with a -- suprius a year ear- er. However, the deficit of '"'in- visible" non-merchandise trans- actions was cut to $119,000,000 from $200,000,000 in the third quarter of last year due mainly to a shanp rise in tourist earn- ings. For the first nine months of this year there was a total cur- rent account deficit of $791,000,. 000, which was $81,000,000 higher than a year earlier, There was an $8,000,000 sur- plus on merchandise trade for the nine months, compared with N.Y. Strike Could Last Until March NEW YORK (AP) -- Labor Secretary Wirtz says the print- ers strike that has blacked out New York's nine major daily newspapers for 11 days could continue for six or eight weeks or even into March. "You cannot dismiss that pos- sibility," he told @ press con- ference Tuesday at city hail. It is possible for it to go six or eight weeks or into March." Wirtz met with Mayor Robert Wagner to discuss not only the newspaper strike but also a threatened Atlantic and gulf port dock strike. An 80-day Taft-Hartley "cool- ing- off' injunction against a dock strike expires Sunday. Earlier, peace talks were re- sumed for the first time in a week between the AFL-CIO in- ternational Typographical Un- ion and the publishers. But they got nowhere and were recessed until today. WILSON FURNITURE CO. BIG BONUS SALE NOW ON RECLINER CHAIRS Sault Ste. Marie: Cloudy with showers or patches of freezing drizzle, changing to snow this morning and tapering off to occasional snowflurries tonight. Partly cloudy Thursday, colder. Winds light, becoming northerly EYE EXAMINATIONS PHONE 723-4191 by appointment F. R. BLACK, O.D. 136 SIMCOE ST. NORTH 20 CHURCH ST. Inflow Boosted a $113,000,000 surplus a year earlier, as imports increased at a faster rate than exports. The deficit on payments of in- terest and dividends to foreign investors increased by $10,000,- 000 to $423,000,000, accounting) for more than half of the deficit} on invisible transactions, And the deficit on freight and ship- ping costs rose by $24,000,000 to $76,000,000, The inflow of $247,000,000 in long-term capital included $135,- 000,000 for direct investment in foreign-controlled businesses. On top of this there was a huge $500,000,000 inflow of short- term capital. the Aged, about poor food occasions. Kerr told a judicial inquiry into the home's operations that plaints to Owen n E. C, Sargent whose complaints instigated the inquiry. Kerr said Mayor Sargent printed those complaints in his weekly newspaper and ig after publication Wesley Lind- CAPITAL RETURNS The report said that about $250,000,000 in Canadian short- term capital was moved out of Canada during '"'the crisis of confidence" in the second quar- ter and then was returned -- during the third quar- er. Dealing with merchandise trade, the report said that less than half of the gains in both exports and imports in the first nine months of this year were due to higher prices caused by the reduced foreign e xchange rr her wild statements, Kerr sue for defamation of character if he didn't retract the state- ments. Later Kerr signed a_ state- ment dictated by Lindsay stating that the information he gave the mayor was not foundéd on fact, Kerr told the court. However, he said, about a week later he wrote Mayor Sargent telling him he had signed the statement and would not have done so had he known other pérsons had similar com- OWEN SOUND (CP)--Wesley Kerr of Barrie, son of a resi- dent. of Grey County Home for said Tuesday his mother had complained to him and inadequate|fieg heat in the home on various he relayed his mother's com- Sound Mayor|of say, home superintendent, tele. phoned Kerr accusing him of|sho ay told him he would|~ More Evidence Heard In Old Age Home Probe laints of conditions at the me, y Kerr did testify in court day that he doesn't ak te mother's complaints were justi- had never in Grey County Home, exaggerated conditions at home in hopes of getting out. The inquiry continues. value of the Canadian ioilar. Merchandise exports in the nine months were nearly nine per cent higher than a year ear- Wier, at $4,270,000,000, while 1m- ports were 11% per cent higher at $4,636,000,000, Dollar devaluation, combined with last June's restrictions in the allowance for duty-free pur- chases by Canadians in other countries, were credit for the improvement in Canada's bal- ance of tourist expenditures. All of the improvement was in the tourist balance with the United States. In the nine months, earnings from US. tourists rose by $61,000,000 to tourist expenditures in the U.S dropped by $19,000,000 to $353,- 000,000, In the same period, Canadian tourist expenditures abroad rose by $31,000,000 to $176,000,000. FIVE CITATIONS Television personality Ed Sul- livan has been cited five times by the U.S. armed forces for his work in bond drives and hos- pital tours. LONDON (CP)--The govern- ment has rejected for the pres- ent any proposal that the pri- vat + owned commercial television network should have a second channel to compete ion equal terms with the pub- licly-owned BBC, A new television bill embody- ing the proposals will be pre- sented to Parliament later this week, Postmaster-General Reg- inald Bevins told a press con- ference Tuesday night. He indicated the government would take steps to ensure a amounting to $33,600,000 year--that commercial ing. SAVE! INSURAN PREMIUMS AS LOW AS PER YEAR @ Budget Tezms Aveilable @ Easy Monthly Peyments Schofield-Aker Limited 360 KING WEST PHONE 723-2265 | @ Ben Ellison © Serr Coboree @ Relph Schofield @ Reg Aker @ AMPLE FREE PARKING e@ 15 to 25 today. FOOD MARKET 54 SIMCOE ST. NORTH HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS e FRESH KILLED --- OVEN READY TURKEYS FINEST QUALITY CHRISTMAS POULTRY FRESH CAPONS--GEESE--DUCKS--CHICKENS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES 6-8 LB. AVERAGE Suieinee ER FANCY 49: 24-02. FRESH PORK P Spareribs FRESH PORK END LOIN SAUSAGE 49 FRESH GROUND RINDLESS BACON C Ib C 69: SKINLESS 39: 49: 39: EXTRA FEATURE McINTOSH APPLES CHRISTIES' BROOKSIDE FIRST GRADE BUTTER ASST. CHRISTMAS @ ARRIVING DAILY @ Fresh Fruits and V. TANGERINES--ORANG ANCY GRAPES--APPLES----CELERY--LFTTUCE YAMS -- NEW CABBAGE -- FTC. MEAT 39> : Fruit Baskets Our Specialty ning by 1964. The government, in a pariia- mentary report on its future ra- dio and television policies, also Televi- sion Authority--a publicly-ap- agg sr watchdog body--would in future take "'a commanding] position" in the affairs of com- mercial TV in a bid to improve program quality and guard said the Independent against financial abuses. The report said there was little evidence of a public de- mand for a second commercial TV channel at present, but. did reduction in the big profits-- last televi- sion companies have been mak- The BBC expects to have its second daily TV channel run- Private Network Plans Rejected not dismiss the possibility of allowing commercial television another channel latér. A-royal commission, dubbed the Pilkington committee after its industrialist chairman, Sir Harry Pilkington, ler this year severely criticized aspects of British television in 1 and commercial television in particular, It suggested the Tel- evision Authority should handle the revenue accruing from advertising. The government report said the government the control of networking should pass to the authority which should generally take @ much more positive line in the affairs of commercial television. The report said the authority will head a committee repre- senting all the program compa- nies and will approve and supervise the arrangements for the buying and selling of pro- grams, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE Tt said the authority will be responsible for the "shape, com tent, balance and quality of the service as a whole." The white. paper said there should be adequate safeguards against the risk of " eon- centrations of 1s in the rich commercial TV com- panies. COMING BINGO, Bethe Park, Eulalie Avenue, Thureday; 2 p.m. Euchre, Saturday, EVENTS a score INDIA HANDICRAFTS good selection of handicrafts still available. Open Doily 'til 9 P.M. Please Phone 725-2987 NOVEL BINGO THURSDAY EVENINGS 7:48 at ST. GEORGE'S HALL (Albert and Jackson Sts.) weeks ei aay ay or t $190' IN JACKPOTS Door Prize $15 OSHAWA Monster BINGO - JAYCEES Thursday, Dec. 20 20 GAMES AT $20--5 GAMES AT $30 1--$150 JACKPOT $20.00. PER LINE PLUS 2--$250.00 $50.00 PER FULL CARD JACKPOTS JACKPOT NOS. 51, 56 $10 PER LINE PLUS $200.00 NUMBERS THIS WEEK PLUS $150 TOTAL PRIZES GUARANTEED IN THESE TWO RED BARN, Oshawa FREE -- 5 TURKEYS EACH WEEK UNTIL CHRI EXTRA BUSES) DOOR PRIZES 51, 56 be ADMISSION STiMas PER FULL CARD IN $25.00 CONSOLATION 3-L8. BINGO-Wednesday, Dec. 19th .AT8 ST. MARY'S P.M. AUDITORIUM STEVENSON'S RD. NORTH AT MARION 16 GAMES OF $8 1 GAME EACH -- $10, $20, $30, $40 SNOWBALL -- 52 NOS. -- $110 -- $20 CON. $5.00 FOR EACH HORIZONTAL LINE $10 ADDED EACH BINGO » SHARE-THE-WEALTH FREE TICKETS ON TURKEYS TO BE DRAWN DEC. 19th 50 EXTRA -- 2 CARDS 25c or 10 for $1.00 FREE ADMISSION -- EXTRA BUS SERVICE 27 1-39 55: :35. etables WHITBY BRASS BAND BINGO CLUB BAYVIEW, BYRON SOUTH, WHITBY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19th EARLY BIRD GAME -- Bus Leoves Oshawa Ter SHARE-THE-WEALTH minal -- 25c Return $200.00 SPECIAL $20 EACH HORIZONTAL LINE -- $100 FULL CARD $250 ADDED IF WON 5 GAMES AT $30 -- IN 55 NOS. OR LESS 20 GAMES AT $20 TWO $250 JACKPOT GAMES Ist 54 No, 2nd -- No. 51 -- $30 Consolation Church Bus Leaves 4 Corners at 7:30 p.m. $1.00 ADMISSION IN Door Prizes Chi CLUDES ONE CARD Idren Under 16 Not Admitted